Gap Junctions in Ischemia-Related Ventricular Arrhythmia [PDF]
Majalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2013 Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, with isch-emic heart disease being the most common entity. Ventricular arrhythmia is one of the complications of ischemia that can result in sudden cardiac death.
Berlian Idriansyah Idris, Yoga Yuniadi
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Biotin-cGMP and -cAMP are able to permeate through the gap junctions of some amacrine cells in the mouse retina despite their large size. [PDF]
Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne), 2023 Gap junctions transmit electrical signals in neurons and serve metabolic coupling and chemical communication. Gap junctions are made of intercellular channels with large pores, allowing ions and small molecules to permeate.
Yuan C +3 more
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Adherens, tight, and gap junctions in ependymal cells: A systematic review of their contribution to CSF-brain barrier. [PDF]
Front Neurol, 2023 IntroductionThe movement of fluids and solutes across the ependymal barrier, and their changes in physiologic and disease states are poorly understood.
Serra R, Simard JM.
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Dichotomy between extracellular signatures of active dendritic chemical synapses and gap junctions. [PDF]
ElifeLocal field potentials (LFPs) are compound signals that represent the dynamic flow of information across the brain, which have been historically associated with chemical synaptic inputs.
Sirmaur R, Narayanan R.
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Contribution of large-pore channels to inflammation induced by microorganisms
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Plasma membrane ionic channels selectively permeate potassium, sodium, calcium, and chloride ions. However, large-pore channels are permeable to ions and small molecules such as ATP and glutamate, among others.
José L. Vega +6 more
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Atrial Fibrillation: Focus on Myocardial Connexins and Gap Junctions [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Yi-Qing Yang, Yu-Han Guo
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Analysis of rod/cone gap junctions from the reconstruction of mouse photoreceptor terminals
eLife, 2022 Electrical coupling, mediated by gap junctions, contributes to signal averaging, synchronization, and noise reduction in neuronal circuits. In addition, gap junctions may also provide alternative neuronal pathways.
Munenori Ishibashi +10 more
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Regulation of Gap Junction Dynamics by UNC-44/ankyrin and UNC-33/CRMP through VAB-8 in C. elegans Neurons. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2016 Gap junctions are present in both vertebrates and invertebrates from nematodes to mammals. Although the importance of gap junctions has been documented in many biological processes, the molecular mechanisms underlying gap junction dynamics remain unclear.
Lingfeng Meng, Chia-hui Chen, Dong Yan
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Primary cultures of chick osteocytes retain functional gap junctions between osteocytes and between osteocytes and osteoblasts [PDF]
, 2008 The inaccessibility of osteocytes due to their embedment in the calcified bone matrix in vivo has precluded direct demonstration that osteocytes use gap junctions as a means of intercellular communication.
Sugawara, Yasuyo +6 more
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Nitric oxide enhances de novo formation of endothelial gap junctions [PDF]
, 2003 Objective: Gap junctions (formed by connexins, Cx) are important for functional coordination of cells in the vascular wall. However, little is known about their physiological regulation in this tissue.
Gloe, Torsten +3 more
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